anniversary

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˌæn.ɪˈvɝ.s(ə.)ɹi/ UK /ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.s(ə.)ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #3251

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noun
A date that marks an exact number of years since something important happened.

My parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary last week.

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1 noun · a date that marks an exact... day of remembrance

More yeardayyeartide

Word family

Forms anniversaries

Derived forms annishanniversariananniversarilyanniversarinessbirthaversaryblogiversarydateaversarydecaversaryfriendiversarymanniversarymeetaversarymensiversary

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wedding anniversary
the yearly return of the date on which a couple married

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Simplified etymology

Anniversary entered Middle English with the underlying sense of something “returning yearly.” It ultimately derives from Latin annus, “year.”

Etymology

From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

anniversary Middle English anniversāria la-med

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# anniversary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌæn.ɪˈvɝ.s(ə.)ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.s(ə.)ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 3251

## Meanings
1. A date that marks an exact number of years since something important happened.

## Examples
- My parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary last week.

## Synonyms
- yearday
- yeartide

## Derived Forms
- annish
- anniversarian
- anniversarily
- anniversariness
- birthaversary
- blogiversary
- dateaversary
- decaversary
- friendiversary
- manniversary
- meetaversary
- mensiversary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: anniversary
- Root: anniversāria

## Etymology
From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

## AI Etymology
Anniversary comes from Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) plus versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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